JMU Spoils Blue Hens’ Home Opener

Saturday, February 20

Newark, Del.

1 p.m.

University of Delaware

1-1

James Madison University

1-1

James Madison

Delaware

Photo by: Sarah Boekholder

2/20/2021 3:48:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score

Delaware splits the season series with the Dukes

NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware volleyball team fell in straight sets Saturday afternoon (17-25, 20-25, 23-25) in the Bob Carpenter Center to split the season series with James Madison.

Due to the CAA's divisional format for this spring season, the match does not counts towards the conference standings with Delaware in the north division and JMU in the south.

The Blue Hens struggled to find a rhythm early and were battling back all afternoon.

Redshirt sophomore Adelina Rivera led the way for the Blue Hens with eight kills and two blocks. Sophomore Lauryn Richardson was a spark in the final set, picking up all six of her kills in the third. She had a pair of blocks and hit .364 in the third.

Sophomore Ezgi Basaranlar picked up 21 assists and seven digs while redshirt junior Michaela Putnicki had seven kills and six digs.

Delaware's next match has been postponed due to positives within the Villanova program.

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